This seminar aims to introduce you to the world of this art, to become familiar with the material and its potential. To discover what has been created in the history of art until today and make your own unique ceramic pieces.
Our goal is to take advantage of the imagination and inspiration that one gets from Ikaria Island in Greece, so as everybody discovers his own personal style and return home with a rich experience and wonderful things in his suitcase!
This seminar includes:
25 hours of pottery workshop 3 hours introduction courses (History of Art and Pottery, Science and Technology, Jewelry) Printed leaflet with theoretical lessons and a set of ceramic tools 7 nights accommodation in a double room (shared by two persons) with 6 days of breakfast buffet and 6 days of dinner buffet (beverages & drinks are not included) 1 traditional Greek dance lesson (two hours duration) 1 cooking session- we cook together a traditional Ikarian recipe 1 guided trekking on the ikarian hiking trails 2 excursions around the island (we visit the Archaeological Museum of Campos & we meet a mountainous part of Ikaria)

This is one of my very first wheel-thrown pieces. It's made with Speckled Buff from Laguna and slip trailed with white. Even just in the three months since I threw this I can see a huge leap in both my throwing and slip trailing. So grateful to finally see progress!

Again, one of my first wheel-thrown pieces. Made with Speckled Buff, I painted white slip into the inside of the bowl so the color would show true, then slip trailed a design on the outside in white slip. I was not prepared for the shrinkage! It still throws me off. But this would be a charming hot chocolate cup or great for dessert or ice cream.

This vase is about 6 square. I threw it then carved grooves in the top and bottom. The grooved sections get a couple coats of black engobe because I like the way the glaze looks over the black. The middle is black engobe with paper branches then blue engobe then the paper is peeled off. It has commercial glazes and was fired to cone 6 in my electric kiln. I tried to get fancy with the picture.

Adam Field
Nature Tradition: Cultivating Inspirations in Clay
WS02 â€“ Saturday & Sunday, 10-4pm, May 3 & 4, 2014
Fee: $200 member/$225 non-member
In this two-day workshop Adam Field will demonstrate his methods for carving intricate pattern on a variety of wheel-thrown porcelain forms. From traditional techniques, to innovative solutions for timeless problems, participants will develop a new perspective on creating and decorating functional pottery. Participants will learn new skills for mapping out and carving geometric patterns and will have a hands-on opportunity to try out Fieldâ€™s techniques and tools for themselves. Generous discussions about studio practice, aesthetics, materials, ceramic history, and promotion and marketing strategies for the studio potter are certain to encourage individual discovery, growth, and development of fresh ideas. Participants will gain the skills and confidence to create and decorate work in their own voice. All skill levels are welcome in this workshop, sketchbooks are encouraged.
Born and raised in Colorado, Adam earned his BA in Art from Fort Lewis College. For two years, he immersed himself in the culturally rich art scene of the San Francisco bay area, where he began his full time studio practice. From there, he relocated to Maui, where he established a thriving studio business. He spent most of 2008 in Icheon, South Korea, studying traditional Korean pottery making techniques under 6th generation Onggi master Kim Ill Mahn. In 2013 he created and premiered HIDE-N-SEEKAH at the NCECA conference in Houston, TX. After maintaining his studio in Durango, CO for 5 years, Adam recently moved to Helena, MT where he is currently a long-term artist in residence at The Archie Bray Foundation. His works are included in private collections and kitchen cabinets internationally. Learn more about Adamâ€™s work and process at www.AdamFieldPottery.com
WS02 â€“ Saturday & Sunday, 10-4pm, May 3 & 4, 2014
Fee: $200 members; $225 non-members
Contact Matthew Hyleck at matt.hyleck@baltimoreclayworks.org for more information.
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
www.baltimoreclayworks.org